A Welcome Break

08/12/2026

Drop-in Open House is Monday, Aug 24 @ 7pm

08/11/2026

We see you, Dads! Keep up the great work!

08/10/2026

We will be registering for fall Drop-in at Open House on Monday, August 21st from 7pm-9pm. Bring your registration paperwork and $70 fee. If you don’t have paperwork yet, you can request it by calling the school phone or get it at Open House. See you soon! 😊

07/30/2026

This is always a fun event for the community. This Tuesday at Bayne Park.

07/29/2026

Reminder for our 4s graduates that Kindergarten Here I Come is happening on August 15 at the Children’s Museum.

#1 Children's Museum in the nation as voted by USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice

07/29/2026

A great perspective and true! Doesn’t always make it easier to be a parent. 😅😅

07/24/2026

We work on so many of these at AWB! Confidence that they can take care of themselves and their things and that they can communicate their needs is super important for children especially when they get to school and don’t have a parent around to take care of them.

07/22/2026

Touch a Truck this weekend:

06/21/2026

Great insight!

Repost from Laura Markham at AhaParenting.com 🧡
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Defiance often pushes a parent's buttons. After all, we're supposed to be in charge, right? Defiance rubs our nose in the fact that we can't really control another person, whether he's three or thirteen unless we use force. And who wants to be that parent?⁠
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And when we overreact to defiance, we escalate the battle because force creates resistance, either openly or in a passive-aggressive form. It's ultimately a losing strategy. (You might win the battle, but you'll lose the war.) ⁠
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So what can a parent do about defiance?⁠
Kids are defiant for a reason: they feel controlled and pushed around, and they need some positive ways to experience power, autonomy and agency in their lives. ⁠
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A defiant child may reject the parent at this moment because they feel disconnected from them. This may mean the relationship needs some repair work, or maybe the child is in "fight or flight" and simply needs some time to move back into regulation so the adult no longer looks like the enemy. ⁠
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Punishment only makes the disconnection worse. It feels unfair, creates more upset and disconnection, and pushes kids towards more defiance in one form or another. Defiance is solved with connection, not correction.⁠

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05/17/2026

Happy Last Week at AWB! Our last day is Friday, May 22. We will send out new registration forms in late July and will reopen after Labor Day. I thought I’d leave you with something funny and relatable. 😂